Methinks you guys put WAY too much stock in the bark of the canadian "honored society", it's far worse than their bite. Their "muscle" is in their meth addict biker associates who are too busy fornicating with fat women with bad dye jobs to make any moves and native American cigerette smugglers who deal in nickes and quarters.
Pops was whacked at a time when the family was weak. The old timers were on the way out and the young terks were not yet acclimated. After the fact was simply too late.